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Put a brave face on it.If you are upset or struggling or in pain, try not to show it.

Face up to it.Look at something how it is or confront an issue.

You’re not just a pretty face.This is usually meant as a compliment that someone is useful as well as ornamental.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.People disagree about what is beautiful. Behold is an old word for look.

What the eye doesn’t see the heart doesn’t grieve over.If you are unaware of the details of a situation, you are less likely to be upset about it.

Keep your eye on the ball.This can be literal advice to people learning sport or general advice to be aware of what is going on.

To be wet behind the ears.This means inexperienced. Does it have something to do with a new-born baby?

As long as you keep your head above water.Of course it is not a good idea to drown, but this also applies to staying “in the black” financially and not being overwhelmed by responsibilities and busy-ness.

Two heads are better than one even if one’s only a sheep’s head.An expression to use with care. If someone is helping you, they might be insulted to be referred to as a woolly animal, but if you are the assistant, no offence is likely to be taken!

Use your head to save your legs.If you plan your activities so that you do not need to make extra trips to the same place or in the same directions, you will have heeded this advice.

Bird-brained.Birds have small heads and small brains are not as powerful as larger ones (?) so a bird-brained scheme is probably daft.

Give someone their head.A horse is controlled by reins, but, if you give it its head, it can make its own decisions.

On your own head be it.This is usually a warning to someone, who is embarking on a course of action, which may be risky.They would have to take the blame if it went wrong. This expression is used in the Book of Joshua.

You can’t put an old head on young shoulders.Young people are inexperienced and have to learn. They can’t be expected to make the same decisions a more experienced person would.

That went over my head.I didn’t understand.

Head for the hills.Here head is a verb meaning “go in the direction of” and not a noun.You could alsoset your face towards a place.